Presidential rhetoric and the public agenda : constructing the war on drugs /
Whitford, Andrew B.
Yates, Jeff,1965-
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,
2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-208) and index.
Presidential leadership and policy construction -- Presidential rhetoric as policy leadership -- A presidential history of the war on drugs -- The words of war : political rhetoric and the war on drugs -- Presidential policy leadership and federal enforcement : the Drug Enforcement Administration -- For the people : the U.S. attorneys and executive signals on prosecutorial priorities -- Taking it to the states : the boundaries of presidential influence and state drug enforcement -- The social construction of presidential agenda setting.
Presidents
Political leadership
Rhetoric
Political oratory
Presidents
Drug control